Emmalee Hinson received her Bachelor's Degree in Music History from the College Of Charleston, and holds a Master of Music in Choral Music Studies from The University of Cambridge. While at Cambridge, she studied conducting under Stephen Layton and sang with the Gonville and Caius College Choir under the direction of Geoffrey Webber. Since returning to the States, Emmalee has been an active performer in Charleston, most recently as alto soloist in Handel's Messiah and Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. She appears as a soloist on the Taylor Festival Choir's most recent commercial release of Michael McGlynn's Celtic Mass.